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The gulf states are modern-day slave societies.
And why don't we in the west sanction them or refuse to trade with them for this practice? Not only that but we're actively supporting these regimes and selling them cutting edge weapons. Why is that? 'checks notes' Oh, right, oil.
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Doha has areas set aside for drinking, bars, etc. They don’t enforce rules about sex between tourists / western expats unless someone involved brings it directly to law enforcements attention and asks for their intervention. Don’t let anyone know you’re gay or the victim of sexual assault. But consenting sex between two middle class non-Muslims behind closed doors is a complete non issue.
> But consenting sex between two middle class non-Muslims behind closed doors is a complete non issue. > unless someone involved brings it directly to law enforcements attention and asks for their intervention. Sure sounds like it. This looks like a sort of dystopian version of the quote: "If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him". Meani…
It’s still unclear how Qatar will go about this, but looking at other countries in the GCC, there seems to be willingness to let things slide or setup up special zones.
I would expect some sort of World Cup village, that would be off limits to Muslim and serve alcohol and look the other way with regards to sex before marriage.
And it’s not like World Cup fans don’t regularly break laws about public intoxication and hosting nations usually let’s that slide. So why not Qatar on one night stands?
They must know what kind of crowd they are inviting, when the decided to spend billions and billions of dollars to prepare for the invites.
I doubt Qatar police is preparing for mass incarceration of football fans or that the organizers will be surprised at seeing drunk and horny fans.
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The gulf states are modern-day slave societies.
And why don't we in the west sanction them or refuse to trade with them for this practice? Not only that but we're actively supporting these regimes and selling them cutting edge weapons. Why is that? 'checks notes' Oh, right, oil.
The title downplays this a lot. The first sentence in the article reads "Any extramarital sexual encounter (...) could result in a seven-year jail sentence." That usually means any sexual relation outside of marriage is forbidden, even between life partners.
Temporary marriage is probably the way people in Qatar get around that. It's probably an alien concept for a lot of Westerners who wouldn't know or would balk at the idea. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikah_mut%27ah
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Temporary marriage is probably the way people in Qatar get around that. It's probably an alien concept for a lot of Westerners who wouldn't know or would balk at the idea. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikah_mut%27ah
Probably not, Qatar is mostly sunni islam.
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Isn't it safe to conclude he's talking about the host country of the World Cup?
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